Windows Exchange with Dedicated Hosting

[Titus]

I haven't been in the hosting industry and hence I am not aware of several services and one of it is Windows Exchange. I have heard that it is always recommended that one chooses Dedicated Servers for Exchange hosting. Can somebody tell me what are the reasons for this recommendation ?

[MattBarthorp]

If you have heard that it is always recommended choose Dedicated Servers for Exchange hosting then let me add that its not just a dedicated server that is recommended but a high end dedicated server with more than 4 Mb RAM is suggested.

This is because Exchange servers require Active directory and it backed up by SQL server as well. And Active Directory is not supported on VPS's and shared servers. Exchange server and SQL Server both require lot of resources,hence it is not possible to offer Exchange Hosting services on a VPS or Shared servers.Therefore,only the high end dedicated servers are recommended for hosting Microsoft's Exchange services.

I hope it helps.

[carl owen]

Originally Posted by MattBarthorp

If you have heard that it is always recommended choose Dedicated Servers for Exchange hosting then let me add that its not just a dedicated server that is recommended but a high end dedicated server with more than 4 Mb RAM is suggested.

This is because Exchange servers require Active directory and it backed up by SQL server as well. And Active Directory is not supported on VPS's and shared servers. Exchange server and SQL Server both require lot of resources,hence it is not possible to offer Exchange Hosting services on a VPS or Shared servers.Therefore,only the high end dedicated servers are recommended for hosting Microsoft's Exchange services.

I hope it helps.

Thank you for the useful information provided MattBarthorp.

However, I think you made a mistake when you have recommended the RAM allotment for Dedicated Server to host MS Exchange. High end Dedicated Server with more than 4 GB RAM is suggested for hosting MS Exchange

MS Exchange requires a good amount of resources and hence it is recommended that you choose a high end dedicated server for MS Exchange hosting.

[BodShane]

Originally Posted by carl owen

Thank you for the useful information provided MattBarthorp.

However, I think you made a mistake when you have recommended the RAM allotment for Dedicated Server to host MS Exchange. High end Dedicated Server with more than 4 GB RAM is suggested for hosting MS Exchange

MS Exchange requires a good amount of resources and hence it is recommended that you choose a high end dedicated server for MS Exchange hosting.

Well, it varies on Exchange features that are installed on the server. ;)